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THE official swimwear for the Athens Olympic Games to be worn by the Chinese National Team has made its Shanghai debut. The swimwear - Speedo Fast Skin FSII (second generation) - is said to be 4 per cent faster than other swimming costumes.
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- Beautiful and first
THE official swimwear for the Athens Olympic Games to be worn by the Chinese National Team has made its Shanghai debut. The swimwear - Speedo Fast Skin FSII (second generation) - is said to be 4 per cent faster than other swimming costumes.
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- Use nurses sparingly
Nurses in US hospitals about 40 per cent of the time are working long shifts that raise the risk of medical mistakes such as giving the wrong medication or the wrong dose, a study released last week said.
- Levitra helps diabetics not aided by Viagra-trial
NEW YORK - Impotence drug Levitra proved effective in men with diabetes who had not been helped by Viagra, according to results from a clinical trial, Levitra's makers said.
- AIDS body says drug deal not honoured
LONDON - A World Trade Organization deal allowing poor nations to import generic copies of patented drugs is not being implemented, depriving countries of a cheap source of supply, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot said last week.
- Overweight children risk
CHICAGO - Overweight children are at double the risk of being iron deficient, perhaps because of bad diet or lack of exercise, a study said recently.
- Lifestyle blamed for myopia
LONDON - A rise in myopia, or nearsightedness, in east Asia is due to lifestyle changes and not genetics, a science magazine said recently.
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- Soothing vistas of Tianmu Lake
A THREE hours' drive along the Huning and Yixing Expressway is enough to bring Shanghai tourists to a fantastic lakeside site where they can recover from the stress of hectic urban life.
- In the cpatital of Yu the Great
IT has been many years since I first heard of Shaoxing, "China's Venice" - an ancient city full of canals and "wupeng chuan" (black covered boats) situated 249 kilometres to the southeast of Shanghai.
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| Feature |
- Looking beyond shelters
EVERY day New Yorkers encounter homeless people, from hungry hands pleading for handouts at cash machines to vagrants sleeping in front of Donald Trump's glittering gold and marble Fifth Avenue tower.
- School teaches ‘ethical hacking?to students
SPORTING long sideburns, a goatee and black baseball cap, instructor Ralph Echemendia has a class of 15 buttoned-down corporate, academic and military leaders spellbound. The lesson: hacking.
- Steered to final run
METAL hook pokes into his neck and the beginning of a ritualistic death begins.
- Japan telecom firms see opportunity in networked car
FANS of the 1980s hit US television show "Knight Rider" might have fantasized about owning a talking, feeling, thinking car like "KITT".
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| What's on |
- Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Mathew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, Bette Midler
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Majestic Theatre
- Where science and art interweave
FROM remotely controlled animated creatures to a robotic trash can that sings and dances, "The Location You @Now" marks a brand new interpretation of the intersection between art and technology. A one week exhibition of electronic art from China and the US, held in the Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art will continue until July 18. This is the first time such electronic artworks have been exhibited in Asia, making this a rare opportunity for the local audiences to experience the exciting new art form first hand.
- Drama, puppets enliven kid's summer holidays
THIS summer, the children of Shanghai will have an entertaining alternative to watching TV now that the first large-scale Children's Art Expo will be open in the city until August 15.
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